结一27　 我见从祂腰以上，看来好像光耀的金银合金，有仿佛火的样子四面包围；又见从祂腰以下，有仿佛火的样子。祂周围都有光辉。

　　来十二29 因为我们的神乃是烈火。

　　神的心意是要将撒但摔下，并救赎许多被他掳掠的人，将他们带到神的宝座去。除非我们都被带到宝座，神无法完全得着荣耀。有一天我们都要被带到宝座，于是神就能向撒但夸耀。祂要凯旋的宣告，那些曾被撒但所掳，却蒙神拣选的人，已经被带到宝座。

　　然而，我们必须看见，在我们当前的情形中，我们还不够资格坐在宝座上。你看起来像王么？你若在属天的秤上量你属灵的分量，你会有多重？我担心我们许多人没有什么分量。这是一件非常严肃的问题。我们已经蒙召成为神的儿子，且被命定要作王，但我们需要神在我们里面并在我们身上作工，使我们够资格作王（以西结书生命读经，一六一页）。

　　Ezek. 1:27 Then I saw something like the sight of electrum, like the appearance of fire encased all around, from the appearance of His loins and upward; and from the appearance of His loins and downward, I saw something like the appearance of fire. And there was brightness all around Him.

　　Heb. 12:29 For our God is also a consuming fire.

　　God’s intention is to cast Satan down and to redeem many of those taken captive by Satan and bring them to His throne. God cannot receive the full glory until we are brought to the throne. One day we will be brought to the throne, and then God will be able to boast to Satan. He will triumphantly declare that His chosen ones, who had been taken captive by Satan, have been brought to the throne.

　　However, we need to realize that in our present condition we are not qualified to be on the throne. Do you look like a king? If you were weighed on the heavenly scales to determine your spiritual weight, how much would you weigh? I am concerned that many of us would weigh hardly anything at all. This is a very serious matter. We have been called to be sons of God, and we are destined to be kings, but we need God to work in us and on us to qualify us for kingship. (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 130-131)

　　〔在〕以西结一章二十七节……我们看见，在宝座上之人的样子有两面的讲究：从祂腰以上，有好像光耀的金银合金；从祂腰以下，有仿佛火的样子。为什么祂腰以上的部分好像金银合金，腰以下的部分仿佛火？人的腰以上到头的部分，乃是感觉的部分。这部分表征人的性情和个性。就着性情和个性说，在宝座上的主耶稣有金银合金的样子。人的腰以下，是行动的部分。从腰以下有火的样子，表征主在祂行动中的样子。

　　当主眷临我们，祂先是像火一样临到我们。当祂与我们同在一起，祂就成为金银合金。不仅如此，每当主借着我们行动的时候，祂乃是像火一样，一直在焚烧、光照并搜寻。焚烧后所留下的就是金银合金—一种金与银的混合物，表征羔羊神，救赎的神。

　　神要我们得着祂这金银合金。要使我们有这样的经历，祂必须先临到我们，像火一样光照、搜寻并焚烧。……我们若要得着祂作金银合金，就必须经历祂作火。

　　最终，我们必须看见，在我们里面没有善〔罗七18上〕。……以下所列，是我们里面一部分消极的东西：分裂、争竞、仇恨、嫉妒、脾气、自爱、以己为目标、野心、自私、自我，和许多其他丑陋、邪恶的东西。我们都装满了这些东西，却很少有主。因此，我们需要主临到我们，把这一切消极的东西烧掉。这一切都烧掉之后，那作为救赎之神的金银合金，就留在我们里面。

　　无论我们的天多么清明，无论在我们的天里有多少宝座，我们仍然需要主的同在如同火，一直光照、搜寻并焚烧，使我们有主留在我们里面作金银合金。这是主眷临我们，这也是主同着我们，并在我们身上的行动。在主的眷临之下，乃是莫大的祝福。主临到我们如同烈火，而我们就得着祂作金银合金。我们往往不必宣告说，我们有这样一位神；别人同我们在一起时，就能觉得我们有金银合金，就是救赎的神，与我们同在。他们也有一个印象，我们不是轻的，我们乃是有分量的人。我们因着有金银合金而有分量，因着有羔羊神而有分量。

　　到这时，四活物不仅是为着主的彰显，不仅是为着主的行动，也是为着主的行政和管理。……这实在是美好（以西结书生命读经，一六三至一六五页）。

　　参读：以西结书生命读经，第十二篇。

　　[In Ezekiel 1:27] we see that the appearance of the man on the throne has two aspects: from His loins and upward He looks like electrum, and from His loins and downward He looks like fire…The upper part of a man, from his loins to his head, is the part of feeling, of sensation. This part signifies his nature and disposition. According to His nature and disposition, the Lord Jesus on the throne looks like electrum. The lower part of a man’s body is for moving. The appearance of fire from the loins and downward signifies the Lord’s appearance in His move.

　　When the Lord comes to us, He first comes as fire. When He stays with us, He becomes electrum. Furthermore, whenever the Lord moves through us, He moves like fire to burn, enlighten, and search. After this burning, something will remain, and that will be the electrum—a mixture of gold and silver signifying the Lamb-God, the redeeming God.

　　God wants us to gain Him as the electrum. In order for this to be our experience, He must first come to us as fire to enlighten, search, and burn…If we would gain Him as the electrum, we need to experience Him as the fire.

　　Eventually, we need to realize that nothing good dwells in us [Rom. 7:18a]…The following is a partial list of the negative things that we have within us: division, strife, hatred, envy, temper, self-love, self-goals, ambition, selfishness, ego, and many other ugly, evil things. We are full of these things, but we may have very little of the Lord. Therefore, we need the Lord to come to us and burn away all these negative things. After these things have been burned out, the electrum, the redeeming God, will remain in us.

　　No matter how clear our sky is and no matter how much we may have the throne above our sky, we still need the Lord's presence as the fire which enlightens, searches, and burns so that we may have Him remaining in us as electrum. This is the Lord’s visitation with us, and this is the Lord’s move with us and on us. It is a great blessing to be under the Lord’s visitation. The Lord comes to us as a consuming fire, and we gain Him as electrum. Often there is no need for us to declare that we have such a God. When others are with us, they will be able to sense that we have the electrum, the redeeming God, remaining with us. They may also have the impression that we are not light but are persons of weight. We are weighty with electrum, weighty with the Lamb-God.

　　At this point the four living creatures are not only for the manifestation of the Lord and not only for the move of the Lord but also for the administration, the government, of the Lord…This is truly wonderful. (Life- study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 132-133)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 12